Gymnastics: Champe High School's Spivey Lived the Olympics Experience

photo courtesy Virginia Sports Hall of Fame

(July 31, 2012) - Many in Loudoun have been following the gymnastics action at the Olympics but few can claim to have lived the Olympic dream like Champ High School's head gymnastics coach Hope Spivey, who was a member of the U.S. squad at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Spivey, who recently moved to the area, has been hired as Champe's first ever gymnastics coach for the school which opens in less than a month in Aldie, becoming Loudoun's 13th public high school.  Spivey won the bronze medal in All Around at the 1985 U.S. championships and helped the U.S. take the gold medal at the 1987 Pan-American games.

News: Champe Names Freedom's Brandon Sanford as First Boys Track Coach; Former U.S. Olympian Hope Spivey is Gymnastics Coach

Aldie (May 23, 2012) - Champe High School, which opens in the fall, has named Freedom boys track and field coach Brandon Sanford as the Knights first coach. The school also announced former U.S. Olympian Hope Spivey as the varsity gymnastics coach.